Tuesday, October 30, 2007

St. Paul's College, located between 4th St. and the Metro tracks in Brookland, is subdividing its 20-acre campus and has contracted with EYA to purchase and develop half of the property into 250 single-family townhouses. The college says it will monitor the $50 million project to ensure that the design vision of the college is realized through EYA's efforts.

The property, abutting the Trinity and Catholic campuses along 5th and 6th Streets, will be fed by extensions of Jackson and Hamlin Streets, and will house three and four story town-homes of two distinct design styles: a minority of the structures will feature gothic architecture matching the existing college building, while a vast majority are said to be in keeping with the design features reminiscent of the surrounding Brookland neighborhood. About 10% of the housing will be devoted to low-income households. Along with the homes, EYA has discussed constructing sidewalks along existing streets as well as building passive parks and courtyards to beautify the residential landscape.

The next step for EYA and the Paulist leadership is to appear before the entire ANC commission towards the end of this year. ANC 5C representative Silas Grant has met with the members of the community multiple times, but according to sources close to the process some people within the community feel that the construction and heightened traffic density could cause problems. Still, others see the single family homes has having a positive effect on property values for the community as a whole.

The P.U.D. was submitted in September and if all goes as planned it should be ratified late in 2008, putting EYA on schedule to break ground in the first quarter of 2009. Once the P.U.D. is approved, EYA will open up the bidding to contractors, although the Virginia based Lessard Group has already been chosen as the acting design architect and VIKA Inc., located in Maryland, has been designated as the project engineer.Washington DC real estate development news

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I couldnt agree more. Brookland is a wonderful area. And, with Douglas Jemal breaking ground at 7th & Rhode Island in April, its only going to continue.

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thinking of moving into the area. can you tell me what project Jemal is bringing to 7th/RI? I thought he was developing closer to the CUA metro not at RI avenue near the Giant/Home Depot. Retail/Housing or ?

I went to Law School at Catholic, and I was always thought Brookland would be a great place to buy (ended up in Capitol Hill). Driving up and down Monroe is gorgeous. You can get a pretty big home, yard, and parking for a reasonable price (reasonable for DC). And you can shoot down Rhode Island Ave and be in the Golden Triangle in 10 minutes.

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